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Lecturer(s)
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Dömischová Ivona, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Flajšar Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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An overview of the most important moments of British history and their relationships to the present-day situation. As this is a seminar, students are expected to study the topics for the class beforehand to be able to analyze primary sources and discuss matters. The teacher's presentations deal with selected issues only, using PowerPoint presentations, CD-ROM encyclopaedias, and video, as well as a rich variety of printed material. The online support material for the course contains questions, more links, pictures, maps, videos, interactive exercises and quizzes, tests, homework, online forums and much more. In seminars we work with new books and DVDs bought thanks to the Inkultus grant. Some of the topics are: Prehistory. Celtic and Roman Britain. Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. Norman conquest and feudalism. Medieval England. The Parliament. Scottish wars of independence. The Wars of Roses. Tudor England. Elizabethan period. The Stuarts and the Civil War. The British Empire and the Industrial Revolution. Victorian England. World War I and II and what followed. End of the Empire. Modern Britain and its problems arising from history.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Methods of Written Work, Demonstration, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
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Learning outcomes
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Students will be able to understand the most important moments of British history and their relationship to the present-day situation, to characterise the most important personalities of British history and put events on the timeline.
Ability to study in English.
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Prerequisites
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Understanding a lecture and communicating in English.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Mark, Written exam, Essay, Student performance, Analysis of linguistic, Dialog
Students are set homework and quizzes all through the term in the online course. Active participation, with all tasks being fulfilled, is the condition for getting a credit for the seminars. The course is concluded with a written test.
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Recommended literature
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Devine, T.M. - Finlay, R.J. (ed.). (1997). Scotland in the 20th Century.. Edinburgh.
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Maurois, André. (1993). Dějiny Anglie. Praha.
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McDowall, David. (2008). An Illustrated History of Britain.. Harlow, England.
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Moody, Theodore W. (1996). Dějiny Irska.. Praha.
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